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Save Image in Folder - Hidden Prefs

Save Image in Folder offers settings which are not reachable via GUI but Firefox's built-in "config-editor" (about:config).

The following preferences can be set:

Name	Default	Effect
extensions.saveimageinfolder.nofilereference-filename	unknown	When you try to save an image that has no direct source-reference (e.g. these nasty php-linked images like "http://www.example.com/img/showpic.php?id=4711&size=1") then you'll automatically get prompted with a "Save As..."-dialog. There you can enter a filename for the image to be saved. These preferences allow you to change the default-filename which is "unknown.ext". You can even disable the "Save As..."-dialog by setting nofilereference-showdialog to false. That way your usual folder-settings will take effect. So keep in mind that if you have chosen to overwrite any existing files without prompting (for example)... you won't get prompted and the file will be overwritten... even if there might have been problems retrieving the actual image!
extensions.saveimageinfolder.nofilereference-fileextension	ext
extensions.saveimageinfolder.nofilereference-showdialog	true
extensions.saveimageinfolder.randomstring-length	8	determines the length of the random-variable
extensions.saveimageinfolder.doubleclick-minwidth	0	This sets the minimum width and height of an image when using the doubleclick-feature. If the double-clicked image is smaller than these values it won't be saved. This option prevents "accidental" double-clicks on navigational images (arrows, buttons, etc.) which shouldn't be saved. (Leaving the default setting (0;0) completely ignores the restriction; saving every image that gets double-clicked.)
extensions.saveimageinfolder.doubleclick-minlength	0

Addtion to the nofilereference-settings:

For the even more advanced users ;-) ...

Now here comes a tricky (but very comfortable) way to get a characteristic filename for those parameterised download sources.

Assuming the source of the image reads like this:
     http://www.example.com/attachment.php?userid=123&threadid=456&attachmentid=789

You might want to have the threadid and attachmentid to be part of your image-filename.

Just enter something like the following into your nofilereference-filename-preference (mentioned above):
     image_th=%threadid=%-att=%attachmentid=%

The resulting filename (including your preferred fileextension) will be:
     image_th=456-att=789.jpg

Well... you still have to know the parameters in advance and decide which ones to use.
So this isn't a very generic way dealing with the problem since it might not fit for every website.

To keep it flexible and "universally usable" I also introduced a variable called ALL_PARAMETERS to just insert all parameters.

     image_%ALL_PARAMETERS%

... will bring you ...

     image_userid=123&threadid=456&attachmentid=789.jpg

Voila! Hope anybody out there finds this useful. ;-)

last update: 31.01.2010